Is there anything out there of the same price range with round the same specs ( say under 40 quid ) ?
I dont see to be getting much luck with this brand , and would rather avoid it altogether..
Is there anything out there of the same price range with round the same specs ( say under 40 quid ) ?
I dont see to be getting much luck with this brand , and would rather avoid it altogether..
Last edited by Kai; 26-08-2013 at 03:29 PM.
I found that model to be dropping speed all the time, also had the more expensive W8970 to be just as bad, You could try the DSL-2740R D Link, some for sale on ebay second hand for around the £20 mark, or £50 ish new.
Kai (26-08-2013)
I picked one up for £7.00 but it doesnt seem to be working , I mean I went through the configs with my ISP but it still isnt connecting online.
As result I ended up using my TP link only to get 10 gb hijacked , which according to the vivaciti support, is due to an exploitation Russians are using .
Have you heard of this ?
I mean TP-link are still selling damm thing , so how are they getting away with it ?
stilkun (03-09-2013)
From the sound of it, they may be using your router as a possible DoS?
I was not aware of the exploit on TP-link routers, I have the TD-W8951ND. Doing a search reveals that it was discovered around December 2012 and it is an administrative web backdoor vulnerability http://sekurak.pl/tp-link-httptftp-backdoor/ and the exploit in further details http://sekurak.pl/more-information-a...link-backdoor/
I would advise patching to the latest firmware and configuring remote web administrative disabled. I definitely not a fan of these tp-link router as these give me more headache to configure.
I think Im going to just avoid it period , it was sent as replacement any way from Amazon , but still I am mad i lost all those GBS and now stuck with DSL-2740R D Link, that doesn't seem to work.
I mean D-link and TP aside , there doesn't appear to be a whole hell of a lot of options around unless I want to spend $$$ on a netgear .
I have a Netgear as a "free" router from my ISP from when I upgraded to a FTC connection. TBH I miss my old TP-link adsl router, it was better.
Worst router I have used so far was really expensive. Can't remember the brand right now, but it was handed to me by the company I worked for at the time as it had VPN client built in and could work with the company firewall. That thing cost about £160, it crashed constantly and with my noisy adsl line dropped the line way more often than the cheap Edimax I had before. None of the firmware updates ever got it working to my satisfaction.
My only complaint with TP-link has been the power supplies they use (in common with most cheap kit). If your cheap router is failing, then try and swap out the PSU. The connection speed on my Edimax kept dropping and the link got less reliable, when I put a decent PSU on there the thing connected at a faster speed than I had ever seen with the original PSU.
If the Netgear annoys me any further I might re-flash it with something like OpenWRT. The hardware looks decent, I just don't like the user interface.
Edit to add: My router was a TD-W8960N
I actually got the same router to replace my Sky router. Initially it's been excellent and has a lot more coverage compared to the old sagem
I haven't noticed any of the drops in speeds that you have mentioned here. Does the Wifi speed drop or your connection speed?
The only issue I have is that I have to occasionally restart my Apple TV / Router as the airplay functionality keeps randomly disappearing
I was just reading this..
Maybe I got this wrong, but it sounds like their saying having DMZ enabled is big threat if your setting / configuring from internet because the ip address is exposed ( which would make sense as this is exactly what I did with TD-w8968 ( because the damm disc wouldnt work ) and why my old bt speedtouch has never have problems ( what Im using right now )
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DMZ in cheap home routers (like the one discussed here) means that you pick an ip address on the local network that is totally unprotected and that have every port open and accessible from the internet. It was implemented to simplify access from the internet but at the same time it completely disintegrates the security provided by the firewall part of the home router. Not only is the node itself totally unprotected, it is also a huge threat to the whole internal network as it is on the inside. It is a wide open backdoor into your network! Cheap home routers actually normally provide decent security, as long as the DMZ feature isn't enabled. It is stupid of the router manufacturers to implement such a feature and it is criminal that they call it DMZ! :evil:
Instead of using the DMZ feature of home routers, one should simply open up the ports that are necessary for having external services. Despite opening ports, it is still much safer than using the DMZ feature. "
Or use it to connect to a machine with two network ports which acts as the real firewall, hence creating a DMZ.
I have used the feature in the past with minimum security implications. I had to do it because the router was missing some ability (forwarding UDP DNS packets I think).
Better routers I forward specific ports to the secondary firewall which is better. Oh, and turn off that plug and play rubbish, I find that far more worrying.
I am not a security or network expert but you shouldn't turn on DMZ unless you need to do something like DanceswithUnix mentioned or hosting a public facing server you want to expose. I received few alerts per month notifying attempted attack on DMZ on server at my work that has been blocked with a software firewall and on a separate IP address. DMZ (Demilitarize Zone) is used to isolated a public facing server let say web server from you internal network to mimimise the attack so attackers only affect the web server and not your internal network.
Few alerts per month? I would expect at least one per hour. I only get them that low thanks to countermeasures blocking repeated attacks.
But yes you are right, although I think there is a case for the DMZ option in routers it is often quite well hidden for good reason and most people should never need it.
I am still not exactly sure whats going on, according to the tech guy that exploitation changed that password and basically locked out the user so they had to get it reset at the factory , so he doesnt think its that , yet there is definitely a lot more usage than Id expect.
I dont like automatic updates either , but how do you do it on Win8 ? ( I know Microsoft wont tell me lol )
That's easy (for me that is lol), search for wuapp from either start menu or windows + q to search for app and click on this will bring up familiar windows update screen in desktop mode.
From the left, click change settings and from there you can set Windows update behaviour from there.
Kai (03-09-2013)
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